BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Since beginning to offer its customers flat, low fee money transfer services in 2014, Walmart announced on Tuesday it has saved its customers over $2.4 billion in fees. With so many of its customers relying on Walmart for their financial needs, Walmart has advocated on their behalf by working with providers to
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart announced on Thursday that it is expanding and rebranding its advertising business, which is now called Walmart Connect. The retailer says it offers brands a unique platform, allowing them to reach the retailer’s 150 million weekly customers via its stores, digital properties and across the internet. Formerly known as Walmart Media
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Walmart is removing the $35 minimum on online purchases eligible for free shipping to members of its Walmart+ subscription service. The retailer introduced Walmart+ last summer as a subscription service priced at $98 a year and promising same-day delivery of groceries and general merchandise, as well as perks such as discounts on
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart has reimagined its Supercenter format to make it easier to navigate and more consistent with its omnichannel strategy. “We’re always listening to our customers and innovating our in-store, online and mobile experiences to meet and exceed their expectations,” Walmart executive vice president and chief customer officer Janey Whiteside explained in a
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart will turn the parking lots of about 160 of its stores into temporary drive-in movie theaters beginning this month, the company said on Wednesday. Created in partnership with the Tribeca Film Festival, the Walmart Drive-in experience will take place from August 14 through October 21, and will involve 320 showings of
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart has launched a new service, called Express Delivery, that promises to let consumers order from a wide range of products and have them delivered to their doors in less than two hours.Walmart said last week that it had accelerated the development of the service in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart announced plans to expand the reach of Delivery Unlimited – a Grocery Delivery membership option for customers – to 1,400 stores later this fall. The program gives customers the option to pay a yearly $98 fee or a monthly $12.95 fee to receive unlimited Walmart Grocery Delivery orders. Customers will continue
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart chief marketing officer Barbara Messing, who joined the company in July 2018, plans to leave at the end of this month. Barbara Messing Walmart’s marketing team will be reconfigured following Messing’s departure on August 30, according to published reports, which cited an internal memo from chief customer officer Janey Whiteside. Among
